About Us
WHO ARE WE?
Special Design Solutions is a design firm that aims to provide start-up businesses and local artists, with professional, customized, high quality website, design and marketing solutions at a great price.
WHAT DO WE DO?
Special Design Solutions believes in delivering high quality design and web solutions, custom designed with the marketing and business needs of their client in mind. The business’ [Special Design Solutions] background in the arts, and involvement in the local arts community (encompassing musical, visual and performance) definitely sets it apart from a lot of the competitors in the field. The company displays an understanding of the arts community that many clients who fall within the target market find refreshing. Special Design Solutions hopes to root themselves in the art community, and grow a thriving clientele of local talent with the GTA.
HOW DO WE DO THAT?
“Special Design Solutions” is a design firm that provides a unique blend of artistic/creative integrity and technical knowledge. The company provides clients with customized web solutions, innovative online marketing campaigns and general logo and image design services (business cards, product photos, etc.). With a strong background in arts and rooted focus on customer relationship building, the business works closely with its clients to provide the right solution to fit their business models/goals.

WHY SHOULD YOU CONSIDER A FRESH ONLINE IMAGE?
Due to growth in the amount of Internet usage (worldwide), it is now necessary for businesses to develop their professional image online, and not just within the general realm of business. This sentiment is echoed if one looks at the revenue generated through the online marketplace. Total Canadian Internet sales for 2008 grew 26% over 2007 hitting almost $63 billion, and can be separated into the following four categories: wholesale trade, transportation and warehousing, manufacturing, retail trade. The reality however, is that this number only accounts for roughly 2%-2.5% of total sales revenue in the country (although this number is increasing). Compared with our neighbors down south, we are in a slight lag as they have reported online sales as representing roughly 5%-6% of total sales within their economy. The growth of eCommerce comes during a time when individuals are looking for deals, and though in the past many were strongly discouraged from purchasing online due to the increase in identity theft, evolution of privacy protection tools and credit card security measures have made the internet a great option for many consumers and businesses alike. It is estimated that online sales will continue to increase over the next 5 years, reaching nearly 5% of total revenue for the country.
With a strong growth in social communities, it has become increasingly important for websites to be not only optimized in order to allow potential clients to find them, but also attract and maintain clients by creating unique/interactive experiences for their viewers, while utilizing the growing number of web 2.0 tools to both engage and immerse clients. Many organizations, artists and musicians, rather than utilize pre-made templates have gravitated towards custom designs built using web 2.0 technology, Flash (action script) and PHP (along with CSS scripting) to create stunning designs that not only make them stand out in an ever growing market, but also allow their clients/viewers interactive/personal experiences, which aids tremendously in generating traffic/demand for their product, music, art, events, etc. Businesses have been making huge gains over the past few years by combining a web presence with social web tools such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter to increase the lines of communication between themselves and their clients, and as well, driving additional traffic to their main presence, and as a result, driving sales.
posted 20 June 2009 @ 12:00 by admin » Comments Locked
Services
AT SPECIAL DESIGN SOLUTIONS WE CARE!
We understand today’s marketplace, and will work with clients, and their budget to create a presence they can be proud of!
We offer the following web design packages:
Independent Artist/Start Up Business Package Package
Starting at $499.99*
This package includes a contact form, custom header, and photo gallery. It also includes optional basic blog [...]
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Have You Heard?
The Use of the Internet is ever growing!
Data provided by the Miniwatts marketing group suggest that 28,000,000 Canadians use the Internet regularly. This number constitutes roughly 84.3% of the total Canadian population, and 11.3% of the North American market. Even more prominent is the fact that these numbers suggest an increase of almost 120.5% over [...]





